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Age: 31 years old

When in Rome Where did they go?
When in Rome in fact never left. Like many hunters for perfection, they have carried their craft through to today and, indeed, Andrew and Clive are still writing and searching for the perfect pop song.
They nearly achieved this with their hit single 'The Promise' which is widely received as one of the best pop songs of the 80s. The song was employed as the end title sequence for the hit movie Napoleon Dynamite in 2004.
Andrew: “The use of the song in the movie kind of kicked us both up our backsides and was a definite catalyst for the position that Clive and I are in now”
Their self-titled album also contained many hidden gems in the shape of ‘Wide Wide Sea’ and ‘If Only’. Andrew and Clive are still very much a song-writing partnership and see their influences still as primarily Scott Walker, Jaques Brel, Righteous Brothers, Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) & The Blue Nile.
Clive: “The Jaques Brel influence came about after listening to the Scott Walker album: ‘Scott Walker sings Jaques Brel’. Andrew and I were listening to this awesome record, coincidently at the same time and we were both enthusing about the quality of production, especially the voice. I cannot listen to ‘If You Go Away’ now because of the honesty of the lyrics. The whole album just blows you away…”
There are many artists who are great at song-writing as a production line, churning out hit after hit. When in Rome is not one of them. They refuse to release any material which they themselves are not 100% happy with, hence the long hiatus.
Andrew: “Apart from When in Rome we’ve both been getting on with our lives outside of song-writing. Clive has a 11 year old daughter, Saskia, so he’s been busy! I’ve been doing some acting and I work as a casting director in London."
It was inevitable that we would again be talking of studios & touring with When in Rome.
The voices are still there and even stronger. The will to create is still there.
Beware of imitations, When in Rome are back and are about to unleash some of the most enduring songs you will ever hear.
Worked with: Craig Logan (Bros, Kim Appleby - Kim Appleby mixes) - John McGeoch (Magazine, Armoury Show, PiL, Souxie & the Banshees - Pacific Project) - Paul Young (Sad Cafe, Mike & the Mechanics - solo project) - John Keeble (Spandau Ballet - Pacific Project) - Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17 - Pacific Project) - Matt Rowe (East 17, Spice Girls, Sophie Ellis Bexter - Keyboards WIR Brazil Tour 1994) - Richard James Burgess (Landscape - pre-production & production, WIR) George Borowski, Chris Sant - Beau Leisure, David Powell - Beau Leisure, Lord Snowden - Beau Leisure, David Eley - TGM Mastering (read less)
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http://www.wheninromeofficial.com/When in Rome Where did they go?
When in Rome in fact never left. Like many hunters for perfection, they have carried their craft through to today and, indeed, Andrew and Clive are still writing... read more.

Gold Performance A&R Award - Awarded for a strong vocal or musical performance in a Music Video.

Gold Song A&R Award - Awarded for a well written original song.

Bronze Video A&R Award - Awarded for a high quality original video with good production values.